TripAdvisor Reviews Steigenberger Makadi Hotel Makadi Bay

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There are troops everywhere, all with riot shields, police in plain clothes, I don’t know if they expecting trouble, but they are certainly making a visible presence (they must really be cooking in their body armour and bash hats, they don’t use Kevlar, they have steel plates in their vests and they aren’t light) they are outside all the big hotels, the churches and mosques, the Mall they have here (calling it a Mall ...

... to see the local communities settle in after sunset. We followed the course of the Nile. Each small farming community has armed guards at the gates. As the sun sets all the small mosques call the faithful to prayers and light up the minarets like Christmas trees. On the outskirts of Luxor we are assigned a police escort so had a clear run through all the police checks and didn't have any trouble finding the hotel. Air Conditioning and cold drink, life is ...

... buffet, the line was constantly cut, with no apologies. They're conversations were comprised mostly of grunting. And there was not a smile to be seen throughout the resort. Little did we realise, we had 48 hours in the Russian and German equivalent of Bali! For them, it is cheap and close. We spent the remainder of the day chilling out, swimming and people watching on the beach. I truly felt like the odd one out as I wasn't wearing a bandana, speedos and crocs. The abundance of ...

... at an all inclusive resort for 3 days! Not very Dragoman but a welcome change from the wild camping we did throughout Sudan and the ****** hotels we've had in Egypt so far. I've also got to that templed out stage as we have visited at least one a day since we hit Sudan. The pax changed in Gondar and it's all marginally better but no life long friends on this ...

... 8211; returning to Saudi the following week. Phileas Fogg would have been challenged! Ignoring Dan’s added requirements that we “only use a decent airline where he could use his air miles”, hotels included in his loyalty card portfolio, and that the total cost should be kept within his very conservative budget – oh – and “don’t forget to book the diving”… we came very close to continuing our relationship via ...